Sound-reproducing record



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SOUND REPRODUCING RECORD.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 25, 19I9.

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APPLICAHON FILED JAN. 25, 1919.

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Specification oi Letters Patent. Patented Oct. 26, 1920 Applicationfiled January25 '1919. Serial No. 273,114.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known'that I, ROBERT FoREsMAN, a citizen of the United States, andresiding at Montclair, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sound-ReproducingRecords, of which the following is a specification, such as willenablethose-skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to sound-reproducing'records and particularly tosuch' devices as are used in connection with talking machines,phonographs, graphophones and the like; and the invention consists ofanimproved mounting or holder for records of this class, preferablymadein the form ofa book, the construction of whichjis similar to that of abox to and within whichoneor more sound records are applied or secured;a further object of'the invention being to secure to orplace the soundrecords on the inner face of the separate members of the book-shapedholder, and provide the outer face of the separate boxrnembers-withstories which correspondwith the subjectupon the record; astill further'object being to provide the outer face ofone part of thebox with a story which corresponds with the subject of the recordsecured to the inner face of the other part of the box member;

and with these and other objects in view the invention consists in adevice or devices of the class and for thepurpose specified, constructedand operating as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate partsof my improvement are des-' ignated by suitable reference characters ineach of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a sectional view of abookcase or cabinet showing a number of my 1mproved book-shaped boxmembers mounted therein Fig. 2 a perspective view of one of thebook-shaped box members detached;

Fig. 3 a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2

and on an enlarged scale; I

Fig. 4 an inside view of one part ofthe book-shaped box member shown inFigs. 2 audit; 1 Fig. 5 an inside view of the-otherpart of thebook-shaped box member shownin Figs. 2 and 3; and,

Fig. G an outside view of that part of the book-shaped box member shownin Fig. 4. One of the objects of my invention is to provide a recordholder or'container of the class specified which can be packed or arranged in a cabinet in the manner of books or in the form of alibraryand in Fig. 1 of the drawing, I have indicated at 10 the sidewalls ofa bookcase, or the side Walls of the cabinet of a'soundreproducing machine of any kind or class, and at 11 I haveindicated two Shelves of a bookcase or cabinet on one of which is shownsupported nine volumes of my improved book-shaped box members 12, whichconstitute a part of what I call a talking library.

The book-shaped box members 12, one of which is shown in detail in Figs.2 to 6 inclusive, consists of separate parts 13 and 14. The part 13comprises a rectangular portion 15 provided at one side with a beadededge portion box member, and atqits other three sides with raisedfianges17 set inwardly of said edge portion as clearly shown in Figs.

-3 and def the drawing. The part 14 of the book-shaped box membercomprises a'recta-ngular portion 18, one side edge of which is providedwith a raised flange 19 and the other three side edges of which areprovided with raised flanges 20 set inwardly from said side edges andthe dimensions of the part 14 of the box member, between the flange 19and the opposite flange 20 thereof is less than the dimensions of thepart 13 of the box member between the beaded portion 16 and the oppositeside flange 17 thereof, so that the flanges 19 and 20 of the part 1 1-of the box member will fit. within the bead,

16,-01' the inner wall 21 thereof, and the fla'ngesl'l' of the part ofthe box member as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3 ofthe drawing.

The'above described construction forms the book-shaped box member 12which in all respects is of general book form, the covers of which aremade up of the rectangular portions 15 and 18 of the parts13 and 14,while the bound end of the book is formed by the beaded portion 16 and,in

practice, I provide the rectangular portions 15 and 18' of the parts 13and 14 of the box {member 12 with central apertures 22 and 23, andsecured to the inner faces of said rectangular portions are soundreproducing records 24 and 25 respectively. the apertu'res26 of whichare n o-.'. mmon alinement with the apertures 22 and '23.

b words,

The Mocking Bird Figs. 1 and 2 with the words In the accompanyingdrawing, the subect of the record 24 is indicated as being as isillustrated at 27 on the top face of the record, as shown in Fig. 4,while the record 25, or the subject thereof,'pertains to Mother Goose asis indicated by its title on the face of the record as shown at 28 in-Fig. 5 of the drawing.

I also preferably secure to, or apply to, the outer faces of therectangular portions 15 and 18 of the separate parts of the box member12 in any desired manner printed as well as illustrated subject-matterpertaining to the subjects upon the records 24 and 25, and in Fig. 2 ofthe drawing I have indicated at 29 on the outer face of the rectangularportion 18 of the part 14 of the box member, a story of the Mocking Birdwhich is also illustrated, while in Fig. 6 I have indicated at 30 thestory of Mother Goose which is placed in, or applied to, the outer faceof the rectangular portion 15 of the part 13 of the box member in anydesired manner. From the foregoing it will be noted that the subjectupon the record 24 on the part 13 of the box member is printed orotherwise placed upon the part 14 of the box member, while the subjectof the record 25 inthe part 14 of the box member is printed or otherwiseplaced upon the part 13 of the box member, and the reason for thisarrangement of the various subjects used in connection with or on myimproved record holder permits a' child or any-other party to read, singor to note in any way music or illustrations on one part of thebook-shaped box member, the subject played by a sound reproducinginachine on the record in or on the other part of the book-shaped .boxmember. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing, I also preferably markthe separate book-shaped box members for identification by vol. 1,2, 3,etc., as shown at 31 and which is applied to the bound or beaded end 16of the part 13 of the box member and upon said beaded end I alsopreferably apply or mark the title or titles of such volume which, as

shown at 32 in Fig.

.Mother Goose and The Mocking Bird,

and all of the volumes are also preferably marked at the bottom as shownat 33 in library, which will identify my invention or my improvedbook-shaped boxmember which may be placed upon a shelf, or in a bookcaseor. cabinet, as is illustrated in Fig. 1, and serves to contain one ormore records with orwithout the stories or other illustrations of thesubject of the records contained in said box member.

In other words, my invention is not necessarily limited to thecombination of a 2 of the drawing, is.

.Talking story of the subject of the record or records contained in abook-shaped box member which is preferably printed or otherwise servesas a container for records of the class specified, lies in the fact thatby mounting or securing member and leaving an extended and flanged edgeon the box member entirely around and spaced from the periphery of therecord secured therein for the purpose of preventing thebreaking of therecord should said box member be dropped or handled roughly by the user.

It will also be understood that the subject or story printed orotherwise illustrated on the outer face or faces of the separate partsof the box member may be reproduced exactly by the record, as forexample, a story of Mother Goose as printed on the face of one part ofthe box member may be told by the record or by playing the record in theother part of the box member, and it will be apparent that myimprovement may be used for instructive purposes, for teaching childrento sing, to tell stories andfor numerous other purposes as well as toeducate them in different languages,-if desired; my invention being notlimited to any specific subject placed upon or applied to the separateparts of the box member or upon the records therein.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A record holding device of the class described comprising a box-shapedmember composed of detachably connected parts, one of said parts beingprovided on one face thereof with a reproducible record having a centralaperture and the box wall being provided with a perforation whichcoincides therewith, whereby the record can be played without removingit from the box.

In testimony 'thatI claim" the foregoing as my invention I have signedmy name in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 24th day ofJanuary, 191

the records centrally of said box

